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In order to avoid further crowding of Category:PD US Government (as of 2019), this template should not be used if the department or part of the federal government which produced the work is known. Instead the template corresponding to the department in Category:PD-USGov license tags should be used.

As of 2022, please use {{PD-USGov-Unincorporated}} for the US Virgin Islands and Guam ("unincorporated territories").

The template automatically sets the following categories: PD US Government

Usage

{{PD-USGov}}

The template takes no parameters.

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Placement: In the "Permission" parameter of the {{Information}} template (or the respective parameter of similar templates) or in the "Licensing" section

Localization

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